Intermediate Macroeconomics - the question is below

ECO 314                                                                                           

TAKE HOME EXAM 1 (20 POINTS)

Suppose you were working as an investment analyst and were asked to provide a brief professional report on the state of the US economy during the last two years to your client. 

Part A:With relevant references, data, diagrams, graphs (list references at the end of the paper – take it from original sourcecited in your classmates presentation & use subsection), discuss critically about (1) inflation,    (2) unemployment, (3) housing (4) business indicators (5) consumer confidence (6) leading economic indicators and/or other relevant indicators you think pertinent in explaining current economic conditionsof the United States.

Part B:Indicate in detail in your Critical Analysis Section: World & US economic issues in 2015, comparative oil/gasoline prices, stock market upswing, housing market rebound, Chinese currency and recent Federal Reserve intervention and prediction (Use 7-10 WSJ articles to back your arguments, cite them and provide references). 

Conclusion: Based on your indicators summary, provide an economic outlook of the near future for your client to consider some serious investment.

Organize your report with title page, subsections and arrange it to look professional.  You can compare with past if you wish. 

Instruction:  To make the report readable

• Type using a 12 point standard font, such as Times or Arial.
• Text should be single spaced on 8 1/2" x 11" paper with 1 inch margins, single sided
• Recommended page limits: Title page, 7-10 pages of content(diagrams, tables embedded), and one additional page of references.

References could be from: FRED, Federal Reserve Bank, BLS, BEA, Wall Street Journal, NY Times, Financial Times, Business Week, Time, The Economist etc.  (Do not quote Wikipedia or Investopedia references, they are not legitimate).

Examples:

According to Jones (2014), pig smell depends directly on pig size.

It has been argued that pig smell depends directly on pig size (Jones, 2014)

Jones (2014) maintains that "big pigs smell the worst".

One authority feels that "big pigs smell the worst" (Jones, 2014)

Do not cut and paste from the articles you found.  Take the idea and write on your own.

At the end of the paper, alphabetically by last name, put: References

Jones, A. S. (2014) "Pigs and Smells", The Journal of Pig Economics, Vol.12: No.3, 234-245.

Smith, L. and Jones A.S. (2015) “Pigs and Donkeys: An Economic Analysis of Who Smell Too Much”, Prentice-Hall: Englewood Cliffs, NJ.

Staples, P. (2016) “Monkey  and Chimpanzee: Who Decide to Change the Interest Rates”, Wall Street Journal, October 13, 2016.